Amy Alexander

Amy Alexander is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She holds the position of Universitetslektor (Senior Lecturer) and is also a member of the collegium of the Quality of Government Institute. Additionally, she serves as the Principal Investigator of the World Values Survey South Africa. Her academic profile demonstrates a strong commitment to research on gender, politics, and equality across multiple continents.

Dr. Alexander's research spans multiple dimensions of gender politics, with particular focus on the relationship between gender attitudes and political authoritarianism, gender equality and corruption, and the measurement of gender identity diversity. Her work examines how women's empowerment improves quality of government and investigates the effects of women's political representation on political engagement. She employs diverse methodological approaches including survey experiments, cross-national comparisons, and elite studies.

Her publication record shows consistent scholarly output across top political science journals including International Organization, Political Research Quarterly, Gender & Society, and European Journal of Political Research. Recent work (2023-2025) focuses on gender gaps in far-right voting, polarizing effects of women's rights policies, experimental studies on gender and corruption, and Latin American elites' perceptions of gender equality. Her research demonstrates a clear trajectory examining how gender attitudes intersect with broader political phenomena across diverse cultural contexts.

Dr. Alexander collaborates extensively with international scholars, as evidenced by her co-authorship on numerous publications. Her work connects gender politics with corruption studies, democratic values, and political behavior, creating important bridges between traditionally separate subfields. She maintains active research projects examining women's political representation in South Africa and gender attitudes across European democracies.